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2013-2014 Official NBA Thread
http://www.cbssports.com/nba/blog/ey...4-nba-schedule
With the Schedule released today, I figured it would be a good time to start the thread. The NBA released its 2013-2014 schedule on Tuesday in a televised special on NBATV alongside a release on NBA.com and its team websites. The season kicks off Tuesday, October 29th as Miami hosts the Chicago Bulls in Derrick Rose's expected return to the court. Then it's the Battle of LA as the Lakers host the Clippers. It could be the return of Kobe Bryant from his Achilles injury he suffered last spring, and will be the regular season debut of Doc Rivers as the Clippers' newest head coach. It's a massive gamble by the NBA, considering Rose's struggles returning from his ACL injury suffered in the 2012 playoffs and Bryant's more recent Achilles surgery. If those players were to miss the opening night, it's going to make for a very underwhelming opening night of basketball, regardless of the markets involved for ratings. Opening week continues on Thursday with the Bulls hosting the Knicks in what is likely to be Rose's return to the United Center in the regular season. The Knicks will be on a back to back, opening the season on Wednesday vs. the Bucks. Thursday night the revamped Warriors visit the Clippers, who are clearly the hot team, with two national appearances in the first three days. Opening week concludes Friday with the Nets' home opener vs. the Heat, followed by another Lakers home game, this time vs. the defending Western Conference Champion San Antonio Spurs. On the NBA's biggest regular season day, Christmas Day, starts with the Nets hosting Chicago, followed by the scoring-champ rematch of Carmelo Anthony vs. Kevin Durant as the Thunder visit Madison Square Garden to face the Knicks. Then in the main event, the Heat play the Lakers at Staples Center. Dwight Howard joins the Christmas fun as the Rockets travel to San Antonio to face the Spurs. And in the night cap, the Clippers visit Oracle Arena to take on Steph Curry and the Warriors. Monday, January 20th continues the NBA's tradition of making Martin Luther King Jr. Day a huge basketball event, with four games on the schedule. Brooklyn travels across the bridge to take on the Knicks at Madison Square Garden, followed by the Grizzlies hosting the Pelicans, the Lakers taking on the Bulls at the United Center, and the Pacers facing the Warriors in the bay to cap off the night. The Lakers first meet Dwight Howard on November 13th in Houston, and again on January 14th. They first host Howard at Staples Center on February 19th, and again on April 8th. The NBA Finals rematches occur on January 26th in Miami and March 6th in San Antonio. Will Gregg Popovich rest his starters? It's not a back to back, as the Spurs face Atlanta on the 24th, but it is in the middle of a three-game road trip. Despite the departure of Dwight Howard, the Lakers keep the max number of nationally televised (non-NBA TV) games in the league at 25, tied with the Knicks and Heat. The Clippers have 21 nationally televised games, while the defending Western Champs, the Spurs, only have 15. The Bulls jump to 24 national games, with the league banking on Rose's return to carry audiences. The Thunder also feature on national TV 24 times. Houston, with newly-signed Dwight Howard and James Harden, feature 20 games on national television, a pretty low number given the star power. The Mavericks won the NBA title in 2011, and now have just eight national TV appearances. The Warriors meanwhile jump to 17 games, while Eastern Conference finalist Indiana only appears 10 time next season. To put that in perspective, the Denver Nuggets appear 13 times. The rest of the schedule is at the link. |
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01-07-2014, 12:26 AM | #1051 |
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Bulls correctly hit the eject button on this group. They get another 1st round pick and significant flexibility. They'll also amnesty Boozer in the off-season. Hope that Rose gets healthy, bring Mirotic over from Europe, and roll with Noah/Butler/Gibson along with draft picks.
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Streak ends for the Warriors against the Nets.
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01-08-2014, 09:16 PM | #1055 |
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If there was ever a season for the Raptors not to finish 3rd in the Eastern Conference, this would have been the year considering the draft class. But I'm almost certain that they're going to at this point. The East is just so bad.
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This is by far the most talented Timberwolves team since Kevin Garnett was still with them. It's also perhaps its dumbest and softest.
Since November 27, they're 0-8 in attempts to push their record above .500. As in, they've reached the .500 mark 8 times, and in the games immediately following that mark they've lost them all. They're 0-10 in games decided by 4 points or less this season and 1-18 going back a full calendar year. |
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At this point, Kevin Love ****ing hates the bench. I don't blame him. There's a big reason why the Wolves can't win any big games.
He's going to leave for free agency the first chance he gets. I don't know why he'd want to stick around Minnesota. And if that's the case, Minnesota needs to trade him. |
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-It's not inexperience. If they're 1-18 in these games in the last calendar year, they've got to have learned something at this point -Love and Martin are more than valuable go-to guys in late game situations -It's not shitty playcalling out of timeouts. Rick Adelman is old, but he's not old and confused yet. -With the exception of the Dallas loss with the no-call on Love, it's not the refs. Hell, the refs have been GIVING them opportunities to win late in games. The OKC game where Love bricked 3 free throws at the end comes to mind. |
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